Damascus vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$2539
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$6160
🏠 One person rent	$291	$1496
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$2729
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$522
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$374
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$4315
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	25	100
😀 Quality of life	34	100
🏙️ Population	2.69M	4.84M

The cost of living in Damascus is 75% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 7300th and 745th ($638 vs $2539) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and Australia, respectively. Check Syria vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.7 months in Sydney. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 7688th and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Sydney

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	Damascus	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$13.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$66
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$9.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$7.29
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$1823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$1225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$3607
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$2246
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$45.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$13272
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$7795
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$3.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$133
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$2.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$4.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$8.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$4.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$28.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$6.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$5.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$55.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$58.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$80.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$1992
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$17957

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$912
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1709
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1020
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$798
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1255
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1681
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$573
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1600
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1647
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$776
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$679
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1633
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1531
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1655
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1616
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1732
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1502
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1677
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1666
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1647
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1657
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1652
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$456
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1593
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$608
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1645
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1778
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1731
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1728
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$552
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$877
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1576
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$994
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1902

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2099
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2252
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1824
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1584
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1416
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1448
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1538
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1616
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1511
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2023
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1702
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1185
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1619
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1601
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1727
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2067
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1654
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1643
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1291
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1645
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1677
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1620
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2194
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1691
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1671
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1669
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2016
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1625
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1748
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1981
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1390
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1683